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Songbirds

Crimson Sunbird

Aethopyga siparaja

• rare
• 42 km/h
• Least Concern

Singapore's beloved bird, scarlet body and purple-green crown. Tiny, aggressive, certain your flowers belong to it.

Population

Not quantified; described as common to fairly common across most of its range, with a suspected/decreasing overall population trend

Habitat

Tropical/subtropical lowland moist forest, forest edge, mangroves, swamp forest, dry grasslands/shrubland, and cultivated/garden areas, from sea level up to about 2,380 m

Fun fact

The crimson sunbird is the unofficial national bird of Singapore, as designated by the Nature Society (Singapore).

Range

South and Southeast Asia: Himalayan foothills (Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan) through Myanmar, southern China, Indochina (Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam), Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, and the Philippines

Diet

Primarily flower nectar, taken with a thin down-curved bill and brush-tipped tubular tongue; also small insects and spiders, especially when feeding nestlings

Size

0.11 m

Lifespan

8 years